getting image size in actionscript

Question

Can i get the height of an image from its url info in Actionscript 3. I have the image url. I want to draw the image in my UI and i want to set the height of the drawing area dynamically upon getting the image. ?

Answer 1

You can read the height/width of an image only after loading it to your SWF. Load the image using a Loader instance, cast the loader.content to Image, read the height and width of its bitmapData.

Answer 2

You can use the loader class. once the image is loaded in the object, use loaderInfo for gettign the image properties.